John 5:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

Common English Bible

³⁸ and you don’t have his word dwelling with you because you don’t believe the one whom he has sent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you believe not.

John 5:38 Cross References

Psalm 119:11

Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, That I might not sin against thee.

Isaiah 26:10

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus saith the LORD, the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of the LORD that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

John 15:7

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 8:37

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

1 John 2:14

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him which is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.